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R. E. PREY & J. BUSCHER.

BOOK BINDING;

Patented Feb. 12, 1889..

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RUDOLPH E. FREY AND JOHN BUSOHER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS OF ONETHIRD TO GUSTAVE FREY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOK=BINDING.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,848, dated February 12, 1889.

Application filed July 23, 188 8.

To all 11/71/0712 it may concern.-

Be it known that we, RUDOLPH E. FREY and JOHN BUsoHER, both of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Book-Binding, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure I is a perspective view of a book embodying our invention. Fig. II is a perspective view of the facing. Fig. III is a detail perspective view showing part of the I 5 sewing-band in the position it assumes when applied to the book, and showing also a cluster or bunch of the leaves. FigIV is a detail longitudinal section showing the manner ofstitching the leaves to the sewing-band.

Our invention relates to an improvement in binding, the object being to re-enforce the means which facilitate the opening of the book, so that the leaves will open out flat at their inner edges, the invent-ion being particularly applicable to such as account-books,

ledgers, izc.

Our invention consists in the feature of novelty hereinafter fully described, and

pointed out in the claim.

cover of the book, 2 the leaves, and 3 the facing. The facing is attached to the cover in any well-kn own or usual manner, and between the respective sides of the cover it is 5 made corrugated, as shown in Fig. III. Our

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the 1 Serial No. 280,768. (No model.)

preferred method of making it is to take a piece, 4, (see Fig. 11,) of suitable fabric or leather and secure to it at suitable intervals between them a number of strips, 5, of pasteboard, leather, or other suitable material. 40

6 represents the spaces between the strips 5.

The strips are applied by means of some adhesive material, or may be attached by stitching. hen they are attached, the sewing-band is applied to the cover. in a corru- 5 gated form, or, in other words, by bending it upward at the joint 6, the spaces at 6 allowing the strips 5 to fold neatly against each other, as shown in Fig.1. \Vhen the sewingband has been attached to the cover, or before, if desired, the leaves 2 are attached in bunches or clusters to the inner edges of the corrugations, as shown in Figs. I and III, by means of stitches, as shown in Fig. IV, or otherwise. The result of this construction is, that when the book is opened out the leaves will open or spread out flat from their outer to their inner edges, thus presenting a smooth and even surface for writing upon.

hat we claim, and desire to secure by Let- 6o ters Patent, is

A sewing-band for books having strips secured thereto at suitable intervals, forming folding-spaces, substantially as described.

RUDOLPH E. FREY. JOHN BUSCHER.

In presence of J os. WAHLE, Enw. KNIGHT. 

